Question 1
EasyOriginal questionOrnithology is to birds as entomology is to
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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The relationship in the first pair is 'branch of study' to 'what it studies'. Ornithology is the study of birds.
Entomology is the study of insects, so it completes the same relationship.
The study of plants is botany, of fish is ichthyology, and of reptiles is herpetology.
Worth noting
Entomology and etymology are easily confused. Etymology is the study of the origins of words.
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